Profile

I live in South London with my wife and 8 month old daughter and two cats.  I’ve made telly for the past ten years, mostly science but also natural history and some engineering series. When I’m not working I love gardening, cooking and taking photos. Mostly of my beautiful daughter!

As a series producer I’m responsible for all aspects of the TV programme I’m working on. On the Christmas Lectures my role was to oversee the day to day running of the production including working with the lecturer Saiful on the script, coming up with ideas and working with the fantastic team making the demos and experiments happen. I don’t direct any of the cameras on set in a live production. That’s the job of a Studio Director. But when not working on the Christmas Lectures I direct documentaries (ie not live) so often film stuff and use cameras myself. It’s a varied job!

What I do in a day depends on what stage of a project I’m at. If I’m in the early stages of a programme before filming, I will spend at least some of my day writing and editing scripts. I will probably catch up with my researchers, and often speak with scientists on the phone as part of my own research. When filming I will be on set working with the Studio Director, overseeing camera operators or filming scenes myself. After filming I will sit in a dark room with an editor piecing all the footage together into a finished programme.